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![Constance Kassor poses for a photo on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-05/Kassor_375.jpg?h=ae683344&itok=ohyu9jHg)
A 24-part Wondrium video course on Tibet written and narrated by Lawrence University religious studies professor Constance Kassor has won a 2024 Telly Award in the Education & Training category.
![A still from the video game Pentiment](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-01/JoshSawyerShipoffools.jpg?h=8f967d64&itok=2BhXJYNe)
Pentiment, the historical role-playing video game, has won a 2024 Peabody Award. Lawrence alumnus Josh Sawyer '98 led the design and history professor Edmund Kern and alumus Winston Black '99 were key consultants.
![Senior Maddy Tevonian poses for a photo in the Wriston Art Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/MaddyTevonian1.jpg?h=a54fd017&itok=mMyCFFBH)
Maddy Tevonian, a senior religious studies and art history double major, studied in India and Nepal. She is now preparing a capstone analyzing Buddhist art through the lens of religious studies.
![Diana Van Gilder poses for a portrait.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/VanGilder.jpg?h=6dae3a3b&itok=8TWG0pT5)
Diana Van Gilder, a history major from Moraga, California, is heading to France this summer to present a paper at a conference that explores links between tourism and fiction.
![Madera Allan, Danielle Joyner, and Sara Gross Ceballos pose for a photo in the 10th-century ruins of Madinat al-Zahra, the palace complex built outside of Córdoba.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-04/Spain%20alumni%20trip%20web.jpg?h=f4d1b32d&itok=VwuNMFKn)
Lawrence professors Madera Allan, Sara Gross Ceballos, and Danielle Joyner, have spanned the disciplines in teaching about medieval Spain in class and on trips focused on the Cantigas de Santa Maria.
![Constance Kassor, Adam Galambos and Beth De Stasio pose for a portrait.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2024-01/Big%20Projects%203%20profs%20option2.jpg?h=4e33fdac&itok=9hpZ1edX)
Lawrence faculty are providing leadership as academic spaces are mapped out for the coming 315 E. College Avenue building and the nearby Fox Commons development, two transformational capital projects that will add layers to the student experience.
![Martyn Smith poses for a photo on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2023-04/MartynSmith.jpg?h=e48ba1b5&itok=naLed6yU)
In addition to his teaching in religious studies and global studies, Martyn Smith has led the First-Year Studies program the past two years. He embraces learning through big conversations and interdisciplinary thinking.
![Gustavo Fares stands on the path leading from the front of Main Hall.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-11/GustavoFares_202210%281%29.jpg?h=7d6cad9b&itok=gGaDbCA7)
Meet Gustavo Fares, a member of the Spanish faculty whose background includes training in law, painting, and printmaking, as well as a Ph.D. in Latin American literature.
![Constance Kassor poses for a portrait on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-10/KassorConstance_202210%20%281%29.jpg?h=dda1bc9a&itok=4XkzMbkd)
Constance Kassor, associate professor of religious studies, focuses much of her teaching on Buddhist thought and Asian religious traditions and has been a frequent collaborator across departments since arriving at Lawrence in 2016.
![Danielle Joyner poses for a photo outside the Wriston Art Center.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-08/JoynerDanielle_202208%20%281%29.jpg?h=edfbf314&itok=IgD-fqBp)
Art history professor Danielle Joyner, a scholar of medieval studies, is an active proponent of interdisciplinary teaching. The International Medieval Congress in Leeds, England, reinforced that.
![Tee Karki points to her work on a big screen during her Harrison Symposium presentation.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-05/Harrison%20Symposium2%20%281%29.jpg?h=5780cf86&itok=EGZCBv0h)
The 25th Annual Richard A. Harrison Symposium was held on Saturday, featuring research presentations by 28 Lawrence University students in the humanities and social sciences.
![Head shot of Jerald Podair](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-04/PodairJerald_202104%20%281%29.jpg?h=81982203&itok=Ogd3Aqw-)
Jerald Podair, Lawrence University emeritus professor of history, will deliver a Povolny lecture on April 26 that looks at what he calls the four “foundings” of the United States.
![Claire Chamberlin, a junior, sits for a portrait in the Cloak Theater surrounded by the completed set for Molière Inspired.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-04/Claire%20Chamberlin%20%281%29.jpg?h=a2226264&itok=RBr7rOZ_)
Claire Chamberlin, a double major in global studies and French, used a research opportunity to pursue the translation of four Molière-inspired plays from French to English. Two were later performed on stage.
![Karen Carr poses for a portrait on Main Hall Green.](/sites/default/files/styles/medium_16_9/public/2022-04/Karen%20Carr_202203%20%281%29.jpg?h=18317812&itok=1EPf0wdz)
Karen Carr has taught courses on 19th- and 20th-century religious thought and philosophy of religion for 35 years.